Senate Bill S3362

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for transportation accommodation for passengers with disabilities

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S3362 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1693 & 1696, V & T L; add §19-503.2, NYC Ad Cd; add §90-b, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5404
2021-2022: S3924

2023-S3362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to transportation accommodations for passengers with disabilities; requires compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and indication for accommodations when requesting a ride; creates an on-demand vehicle accessibility fund.

2023-S3362 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3362
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. KENNEDY, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the administrative code  of
   the  city of New York and the state finance law, in relation to trans-
   portation accommodation for passengers with disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of section 1696 of the vehi-
 cle  and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part AAA of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (d) A TNC shall implement and maintain a policy and an oversight proc-
 ess of providing accessibility to  passengers  or  potential  passengers
 with  a  disability, INCLUDING ANY ACCOMMODATIONS REQUIRED BY THE AMERI-
 CANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990,  AS  AMENDED  and  accommodation  of
 service  animals  as such term is defined in section one hundred twenty-
 three-b of the agriculture and markets law and shall to the extent prac-
 ticable adopt findings established by the New York state TNC accessibil-
 ity task force adopted pursuant to section twenty-one of [the] PART  AAA
 OF  chapter FIFTY-NINE of the laws of two thousand seventeen [that added
 this section]. A TNC SHALL IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN  A  DOCUMENTED  POLICY
 AND  OVERSIGHT PROCESS FOR PROVIDING SUCH ACCESSIBILITY. A TNC shall not
 impose additional charges for providing services to persons  with  phys-
 ical  disabilities  because  of  those disabilities, NOR SHALL IT IMPOSE
 ADDITIONAL CHARGE  FOR  PROVIDING  SERVICES  TO  PERSONS  USING  SERVICE
 ANIMALS,  AND IT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE MOBILE APPLICATIONS OF SUCH
 TNC, OR IN ANY OTHER METHOD PROVIDED BY THE TNC FOR REQUESTING  SERVICE,
 THE ABILITY TO INDICATE ACCOMMODATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION OF SERVICE ANIMALS.
   §  2.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 19-503.2 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07835-01-3
 S. 3362                             2
              

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